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Monocacy National Battlefield Thomas Farm, Monocacy National Battlefield (facing north)
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Monocacy National Battlefield
Early Settlers
Worthington carriage road

Old carriage road from Georgetown Pike to Worthington Farm

European explorers and traders may have arrived in the Maryland Piedmont region as early as 1715, and the earliest land surveys were conducted in Frederick county in the 1720s. These transactions were primarily land speculation ventures that were subdivided and leased or sold to tenants. more... 

Some of the individuals involved in early settlement of the Monocacy region are highlighted above.

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Monocacy National Battlefield was created by an act of Congress in 1934, but did not open to the public until 1991.
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Last Updated: January 23, 2007 at 09:24 MST